tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331205.post8092341616646400380..comments2023-07-11T04:17:46.158-04:00Comments on The Noisy Lion :: Emerson News & Views: Two Things I Don't LikeDoug Paul Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572732684919585522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331205.post-4170205072156063072008-02-07T02:28:00.000-05:002008-02-07T02:28:00.000-05:00YES WE CAN!I'm super cynical about VP picks. All t...YES WE CAN!<BR/><BR/>I'm super cynical about VP picks. All this animosity will wash away once McCain and Hillary both acknowledge the advantages of Huckabee (Hello Evangelical voters!) and Obama (Rock star!) as running mates. <BR/><BR/>I don't think Obama's lost yet btw, but will have a much clearer notion after next Tues (I think DC/MD will def go his way, not sure about VA though).Jeff Hudecekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118024962560296118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331205.post-58338524544135957732008-02-06T15:11:00.000-05:002008-02-06T15:11:00.000-05:00Agreed. Clinton will win. She will not jump at the...Agreed. Clinton will win. She will not jump at the chance to put Obama on the ticket (they don;t like each other, and he would become a VP rockstar) <BR/><BR/>But, if Obama can offer clinton a wink-wink type a deal (he drops out, she puts him on) he could make it so she has to put him on.<BR/><BR/>That said -- and allow me to go off on a tangent for a second -- one thing is clear. No matter who wins in November it will make me want to vomit. <BR/><BR/>I have longed disliked Clinton as a politician, due to her conservative policies. <BR/><BR/>( http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__070227_the_other_reason_to_.htm).<BR/><BR/>Obama, however, has actually run <I>to the right</I> of her on a variety of issues: health care social security etc ...<BR/><BR/>He offers nothing substantive in the way of policy differences. He speaks glowingly of diplomacy, but has no interest in changing our interventionist ways (see his quotes about bombing Pakistan); he has appealed to the right at every turn with his meanignless "unity" rhetoric; and has convinved many well-meanign progressives that he is a vehicle for change, despite the fact that he hasn't propsoed <I>any real change at all.</I> <BR/><BR/>(Name me one policy position that is dramtically different from what Bill Clinton would have supported in the 1990s -- before the country turned on neoliberalism and military interventionsim?)<BR/><BR/>He is a neoliberal, opposed to single-payer, impeachment. He has not proposed cutting our nuclear weapon, our military budget. He doesn't even pretend to speak the language of economic justice. (and in fact, he distances himself from it, as Krugman has noted on the sopcial security debate) <BR/><BR/>Really, it is sad. If you had told me that Clinton would be facing Obama for the nomination two years ago, I would have been estatic. A community organizer, who cares (a little) about Palestineans, who supported single-payer, and opposed the war on not just strateguc, but ethical grounds -- sounds great.<BR/><BR/>But his campaign has been offensive with this simpleton "together we can" shit. His policy proposals, especially on domestic issues, are as awful as they are thin.<BR/><BR/>Another election, and again, no real change on the horizon. No universal health care, no effort to curb media consolidation, no attention paid to the working class. <BR/><BR/>Sucks.Michael Corcoranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127862283173626336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331205.post-2069439635081031232008-02-06T13:54:00.000-05:002008-02-06T13:54:00.000-05:00McCain's VP: Fred ThompsonWhy? Fred's a darling of...McCain's VP: Fred Thompson<BR/><BR/>Why? Fred's a darling of the conservative establishment, a born and bred southerner, a well known personality. <BR/><BR/>Also, watch for McCain to pledge just one term (age, among other things . . .)Philip Primeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505663685033806565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22331205.post-7860583735224210552008-02-06T12:02:00.000-05:002008-02-06T12:02:00.000-05:00I think by now Hillary has a better than even chan...I think by now Hillary has a better than even chance of being the nominee. She's going to rack up a win in Ohio and I think, Texas. If she goes to the Convention in a tie with Obama, there will be a Rules Fight that will seat Florida and Michagan, whose delegates will vote for her. End of Story. <BR/><BR/>She'll never pick Obama as her VP. They despise each other. She'll pick some southern governor like Mark Warner. <BR/><BR/>McCain won't pick Huckabee. He doesn't want to spend all of September talking about the Scopes Monkey Trial and Evolution. I think it's very likely he'll pick Condi as his running mate.section9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956773307014115891noreply@blogger.com